William bureows



W. BURROWS.-

SEAT FOR WATER CSBTS.

(No Model.)

Patented May 3, 1887.

I UNITED STATE-s :PATENT OFFICE,

WILLAM BURROWS, OF ABROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SEAT FOR WATER-CLOSETS. r

SPFA'T forming part of Letters Patent No. 362.424, datel May 3, 1887.

Application filed November 24, 1886. Seria-l l'o. 219.776. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BURROWS, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Seats forWater-Closets, of which the following is a specification.

for use, it has rested upon the porcelain ofthe closet, and sometimes anindia -rubloer buffer has intervened; but the closet is liable. toinjury if the seat is carelessly thrown down.

My improvement is intended for supporting the seat independently of thecloset, 'so that there Inaynot be any pressure upon the closet, and riskof injury to the porcelain thereof is prevented.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side eleva-` tion showing the seat andthe parts that support the same in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similarView of the parts with the seat swung up out of the way, and Fig. 3 isan ele- Vation of the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2.

The water-closet A is of any desired character, and at B is a ledge orwall-plate rigidly supported upon the bracket D, and to -this the seat Eis hinged at F, so that it may be swung up out of the way into theposition shown in Fig. 2, or swung down into the position shown in Fig.1 for use. -This seat is usually of wood, and beneath the same I attachthe brace G by a stop-hinge, H. This stop-hinge allows the brace G tohang vertically when the seat is turned up out of the way, and the saidstop-hinge limits the swinging movement 'of the brace, so that the lowerend of the said brace cannot descend below the position shown in Fig. 1.

Upon the bracket D is a stop,'d, against which the lower end of thebrace Grests when the seat is turned down, thus forning a strong andreliable support for the lower end of such brace, in order that the seatmay be held r in a nearly horizontal position independently of thecloset.

I usually provide a hracket and braee at i each side of the seat, asshown in Fig. 3, and I provide a spring, K, for throwing up the seatWhen not in use. This spring K is shown as a bow-spring of flat metal,the lower end of which is fastened to the projection d from the bracketD, and the upper end is fastened to the under side of the seat. When theseat is depressed, the said spring is bent into a curved form, asillustrated in Fig. 1, and when pressnre on the seat is relieved theexpa'nsion of the spring throws the seat up, and a portion of saidspring may lie fiat against the under side of the seat, and causes saidseat to stand in a nearly-vertical position, as indicated in Fig. 2.This spring becomes more powerful in its action as the seat is turneddown and less as the seat is turned up; hence by using a spring ofproper strength the seat can be noved with but little power, as the seatexerts greater leverage against the spring when horizontal than it doeswhen vertical.

l I claim as ny invention- 1. The combination, with the water-closet andthe wall-plate or ledgc, of a seat hinged to the wall-plate and swingingupwardly, brackets beneath the wall-plate, a brace and a stop-hinge toconnect the upper end of the brace to the seat, and a stop for the lowerend of the brace to rest upon when the seat is turned down,substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the water-closet and the wall-plate or ledge,of a seat hinged to the wall-plate and swinging upwardly,

brackets beneath the wall-plate, and a bowspring connected at its lowerend to the bracket and at its upper end to the seat, substantially as(specified.

3. The combination, with the water-closet seat and the plate or ledge towhich it is hinged, of brackets beneath the plate, braces hinged to theseat and rcsting at their lower ends against the bracket when the seatis turned down, and a spring to elevate the seat, substantially asspecified.

4. The combination, with the watercloset seat, of a support to which theseat is hinged, a brace attaehed to the seat, and a spring to swing theseat up, and a stop for the lower end of the brace, substantially as setforth.

Signed by me this 20th day of November, A. D. 1886. i

WILLIAM BURROWVS.`

Witnesses:

` v GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

WILLIAM G. Morr.

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